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Monday, September 06, 2004

The Holy Father to Canada on Gay "Marriage"

His Holiness, quoted in Papal Address to Canada's New Ambassador to Holy See: "Attempts to Change the Meaning of 'Spouse' Contradict Right Reason":
    "For generations Canadians have recognized and celebrated the place of marriage at the heart of your society. Established by the Creator with its own nature and purpose, and preserved in natural moral law, the institution of marriage necessarily entails the complementarity of husbands and wives who participate in God's creative activity through the raising of children. Spouses thereby ensure the survival of society and culture, and rightly deserve specific and categorical legal recognition by the State. Any attempts to change the meaning of the word "spouse" contradict right reason: legal guarantees, analogous to those granted to marriage, cannot be applied to unions between persons of the same sex without creating a false understanding of the nature of marriage."